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And on Saturday night, James Reimer re-ignited the “who’s No. 1?” debate by running his record to 3-0-0 and becoming just the second goalie this season to keep Sidney Crosby off the scoresheet.

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“They have arguably the best players in the world, and they bring it every time they come and play,” Reimer said of the Penguins. “I’m just lucky enough to have teammates step up and play big games.

“I don’t know if it has much to do with me, more than the guys in front of me working their butts off. Again tonight I thought they worked as hard as they could, and they really earned it.”

Reimer is 4-0-2 all-time against the Penguins.

“I don’t know if it was a big game. Sure, maybe it was,” said Reimer. “You just want to play as many good games as possible. . . . It was just the Toronto Maple Leafs playing the Pittsburgh Penguins and I was trying to get in the way of puck.”

Reimer hasn’t played much recently, even though he opened the season with a win in Montreal. He left his previous start when he was run over by a teammate and suffered a headache.

“I felt good,” said Reimer. “I didn’t feel like there was too much rust.”

Jonathan Bernier has been mostly superb, but lost three of his last four games. He probably won’t sit for long, though, with the Leafs heading out on a three-game road trip through Western Canada, including back-to-backs Tuesday and Wednesday in Edmonton and Calgary. Bernier, the former L.A. King, is 3-0-0 in his career against Edmonton.

“They’ve been great every night, giving us a chance to win every night,” said forward James van Riemsdyk, who picked up two assists. “You can’t say enough good things about both of them.”

David Clarkson, playing his second game of the year, lined up with Bolland and Mason Raymond against Crosby’s line. Bolland scored short-handed and into the empty net, while Crosby came up empty even though Pittsburgh dominated the second period with a 16-4 shots advantage.

“(Reimer) was unbelievable,” said Clarkson. “Whenever you can have confidence in both your goalies. . . . We were getting outshot and we still were battling hard and knew we were going to win this game.”

The game turned early in the third when Kadri scored the go-ahead goal, finishing off a three-way passing play with a deke on Marc-Andre Fleury for the game-winner.

The Leafs produced the solid effort after a 5-2 loss in Columbus that cost them the services of Bozak.

While Lupul’s injury, suffered Wednesday in practice, was deemed to be a bone bruise, Bozak’s sounds more serious with the best guess that he’ll miss a week to 10 days with a lower-body injury. Lupul will make the trip out west, with the hope that he will play Tuesday.

“With Bozak, it will be a little while until we get a proper assessment,” said coach Randy Carlyle. “It will take at least a week to 10 days to recover. That could get updated.”

That means a long look-see for Kadri on the top line.

“He played hard,” said Carlyle. “He made some plays through the neutral ice. A little flopping around a few times. But not many guys can make the play he made to score the goal. He was better in the faceoff circle. When your line starts with the puck, it’s a big advantage for the game.”

While Kadri drew the assignment against Evgeni Malkin, Bolland’s line with Clarkson and Raymond drew Crosby’s.

“It reminded me (of) when I played (in New Jersey) with (John) Madden and (Jay) Pandolfo,” said Clarkson. “It’s always great when as a team we find a way not just to shut down those guys, but shut down a whole team and play physical and play more in their zone.”

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